Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-02-11
iRANGEVILLE, IDAHO.
SIDEW1LK PR1TTLE.

Daylight keeps on stretching.
Brace right up! Winter is over.
Stages arrive and depart regularly.
Postmaster Gordon is on the sick list,
Our weather prophet predicts warm
summer.
is. Weller returned from Lewiston
yesterday.
l.. H. Bickford's barn was wrecked
by the gale last week.
Never mind the breakers in this life;
they don't last always.
Have you visited the public school
this winter? If not, why not?
The girls get up all the sleighing
parties and seem to enjoy them.
L. A. Holcomb will move to town
shortly and occupy the Coon property.
Eight inches of snow dropped into
the Salmon river canyon during the
late storm.
The man who lost box of cartridges
the other day can have them by calling
at this Office.
The Oldest inhabitant never knew
finer sleighing than we are having right
here and now.
Mr.. Weeks was bound to have his
own way, and aoould walk home, while
the horse camped out at a straw stack.
The time of the legislative session
expired at midnight last night, so the
solons are probably homeward bound
by this time.
There was dance at josh Rowton's
LAST Friday night, with about twelve
couple in attendance. An enjoyable
time is reported.
Parties desiring dental work done will
find j. II. McCallie at his office in the
drug store every day between the hours
of9 A. NJ. and A P. NJ.
The supreme court will be in session
till March, and then judge Buck will
return north and get ready to hold the
April term of district court in this
county.
The post office at Rustic was removed
recently from the saw mill to George
Aikire'S place on the old Chamberlain
ranch, with Alkire as post master. The
name OF the office remains the same.
Miss Jessie Clark will open a select
school in Grangeville commencing on
the first Monday in March. Miss Clark 's
qualifications and reputation is suffi-
cient guaranty of the success of the
projected school.
VIM. VonBerge writes from Walla
Walla that he will return to Grange
vile about the middle of March and
will then Immediately commence work
on the brewery and hopes to have it in
full blast early in the spring.
The crying need of this town is q
two story building with the upper floor
constructed for lodge purposes. The
ground floor would rent readily as 8
f furniture or agricultural implement
warehouse. All the secret societies
would gladly rent the upstairs, and the
entire revenue would pay good Interest
on the investment over and above the
cost of insurance and taxes.
A subscriber suggests that we dom
taffy enough of the old fellows up here
The suggestion is shrewd enough from
, business stand point. but our ideas o
journalism won't sanction its use. W.
don't use much taffy in our business
} having found the genuine article o
plain, vigorous English to fill the bill
I We keep on hand, however, for the u.s.
D of those who can't do without it,
y choice preparation of vitriolic taft,
: warranted to equal the best brands O
0 journalistic taffy in attracting publ
y attention to those fellows who are dyin
to get their common place names int
{ print.
The weather during the past wee
has been all things to all men and
great many women. Last Friday tn
mercury lowered itselfin the estimation
of the community by dropping to
point which threatened to put tn
kibosh on the open winter projections
After flirting with zero for a while
. slid to 60 below, camped there all nigh
and rose with the sun next mornin
to 400 above. The days have bee
brilliant and warm, but towards dus
the clouds gather and the snow fake
fall, and the mercury hangs out il
shingle at the freezing point. There
D. big foot of snow on the prairie, an
six of them on Craig's mountain. A
the time of this writing it looks like th
chinook was gathering its forces for
collar and elbow wrestle with winte
but our weather prophet declines
certify to it. Meanwhile, stock ho
out very well. as the weather is NJ
cold.